Growth Encouraging your forum members to invite others to join your forum

[Shawn Gossman]

I typically encourage this through sanctioned temporary referral contests.

I have one going on now on a few of my forums. I'll launch them again but with bigger prize amounts and keep going up from there to retain interest in it.

On my VB forum, I require referred members to PM me with the username who referred them.

On my XF forum, I have an addon that does it.

 

[Cpvr]

Those are all great ways to encourage your members to invite others to your forum. In the past I've held contests and events to help encourage members to spread the word.

Contests are a great way to attract new members, especially referral contests and posting contests.


Sharing buttons can also help grow your forum, particularly if your users are active on social media. Encouraging them to use these buttons is essential for increasing visibility and expanding your audience.



However, users may sometimes overlook sharing buttons. It’s a good idea to guide them by suggesting they share content they enjoy on their social media pages.


This, in turn, can help your forum gain visibility on social media and potentially attract more members.